With FrameMaker (2015 release), conditions now can be applied beyond content within files. By applying conditions directly to books and all their components, you can expand the power of publishing. Save time. Publish the right content, in the right formats, for the right audience. This new functionality significantly expands your ability to manage projects on a more granular level.

With FrameMaker (2015 release), conditions now can be applied beyond content within files. By applying conditions directly to books and all their components, you can expand the power of publishing. Save time. Publish the right content, in the right formats, for the right audience. This new functionality significantly expands your ability to manage projects on a more granular level.

Tables are one of the hallmark power features of FrameMaker. Discover how to combine Artwork from the Reference page, associated with a "Warning" paragraph; then, learn how to make your "Warning" the default paragraph in the first cell of a 2-column table. This enables you to create a new Table of a specific style name that is automatically populated with your desired "Warning" artwork. You can make simple quick edits on the Reference page of your template and update all instances of your boxed Warnings.

Discover a time-saving technique in FrameMaker that allows you to change one class of formatting for multiple paragraph styles in just one step! This simple technique leverages the optional "as is" settings in the PARAGRAPH DESIGNER, to apply only selected changes to multiple styles.

FrameMaker has a powerful ability to externally reference text, known as TEXT INSETS. In this short video, discover how to create a simple "source" document that has multiple TEXT FLOWS; upon import text insets, you are prompted to choose a FLOW. This empowers you to create ONE source FrameMaker file that has all of your referenced "Cautions," "Warnings," and other re-usable text.

Many people love and frequently use USER VARIABLES w/in FrameMaker. Then they get the bright idea of searching for a product name and REPLACE by PASTING FROM CLIPBOARD to insert a VARIABLE. Often, the font values are different from the rest of the paragraph. This short video shows you how to redefine VARIABLES with so that your VARIABLE will pick up all font values from its new host paragraph.

This brief video shows how you can temporarily convert a list to a single column table in order to sort the contents alphabetically. Once you have done this, you can swiftly convert the table back into a list.

One terrific enhancement to the 12.0.3 update patch for FrameMaker 12 is the ability to insert a Table Continuation Variable in the Table Title at the time you insert a new table. A simple check box makes this possible. You no longer have to browse through document variables to locate this code and insert it manually in your Table Title.

The V12.0.3 update to FrameMaker now allows you to move to another cell, row or column by simply moving your cursor keys. This enhancement came directly from user feedback in our last survey. Try it out! You'll like it!

FrameMaker now provides more intelligent feedback as a result of the V12.0.3 update. Observe your catalogs; you will notice that the current paragraphy, character or table style will be bolded when catalogs are displayed. This will also occur dynamically in open catalogs while authoring if you use keyboard shortcuts to apply styles!

The V12.0.3 update to FrameMaker now allows you to move to another cell, row or column by simply moving your cursor keys. This enhancement came directly from user feedback in our last survey. Try it out! You'll like it!

The V12.0.3 update to FrameMaker now allows you to easily reposition table rows and columns w/o cut and paste. Now you can simply select an entire row or column, then drag it into the new position w/in the table. This is much more intuitive than the old method, and less prone to error

The V12.0.3 update to FrameMaker now allows you to swiftly add an additional row at the end of a table by simply pressing the TAB key. Many will find this new "user-requested" short-cut more intuitive than the traditional "Control-Return."

FrameMaker allows you to FIND specific text inside markers, or hidden text. Since there is also a CHANGE (replace) function, how do you do "FIND/REPLACE" inside of Index markers? The answer is very simple. Watch this brief video to discover how 2 simple steps will allow you to replace the text inside dozens of Index markers and eliminate hours of potential editing throughout the year.

FrameMaker's flexible FIND/CHANGE feature can be used in a variety of ways. View this brief video to discover how you can insert multiple instances of an externally referenced graphic, using the "replace by Pasting" feature in FIND/CHANGE.

Most FrameMaker tables come with a default "header" row over columns, which will repeat itself when tables expand to additional tables. You can easily create multi-row "footer" rows which will also repeat when tables break pages. Watch this simple video to discover how.

Watch this short, simple video to discover how easy it is to use "Row Format" options in FrameMaker 12 tables to control which row pairs always stay on the same page. This method eliminates manual "page breaks" in tables that can lead to unwanted white space on pages when you reduce table content through editing.

FrameMaker provides a variety of powerful ways to customize the widths of multiple table columns in one easy step. Watch this brief video to discover just a few of the choices at your disposal for creating sophisticated, complex tables.

You can use a keyboard shortcut to insert an element in STRUCTURED FrameMaker 12 (or FrameMaker XML Author 12) and enter a "category" (like "list") to filter the results shown from the element catalog. This eliminates a great deal of complexity, ensures correct selection of the proper element. It also makes XML or DITA much less intimidating to new-comers!

FrameMaker XML Author 12 allows novices to do so many powerful things. One of the most productive (and fun) is to copy content from Word and do a "Smart Paste" into the appropriate location of a DITA file. Watch the extraordinary amount of both formatting and automatic formatting that is achieved in mere seconds!

In either structured FrameMaker, or FrameMaker Structured Author (FMXA) you can easily drag n' drop entire table rows into the TABLE HEADER. This not only eliminates the risk of replacing valuable data, but once again, automatic formatting is achieved.

This brief demo shows how a novice can use STRUCTURED FrameMaker 12 to achieve context sensitive formatting *without* the more complex structure view. In this case, we simply display elements as tags, and visually drag and drop elements on what appears to be the page. Once again, automatic formatting is achieve as elements are promoted or demoted within nested content.

This brief video shows how a novice on STRUCTURED FrameMaker 12 can promote a subelement from a nested list and achieve automatic formatting using a simple drag n' drop within the traditional structure view.

FrameMaker has dozens of time-saving keyboard shortcuts. This brief videos shows two examples of how to use keyboard shortcut combinations to slice time from projects: (a) first with a traditional, non-XML project and (b) in a structured workspace working directly with XML files.

One of FrameMaker 12's most practical enhancement is a new "wizard" editor that prompts you through the creation of complex expressions for conditional text. No you can achieve more with few conditions, and have expressions to put into effect that will anticipate nearly any combination of "shown" and "hidden" content for your multi-channel publishing efforts.

FrameMaker 12 arguably has the most powerful tables capabilities for tech comm. View this brief "how to" video to discover 5x simple yet powerful techniques for vastly reducing the time it takes to create or modify tables.

FrameMaker 12 (and earlier versions) allow you to easily map master page layouts to specific paragraph styles. This is particularly useful if you have content like large tech diagrams that required landscape orientation. Watch this brief video to discover examples in new FM12 templates which show you how to have a landscape layout automatically "float" through paginations, pinned to a specific paragraph style.

See how FrameMaker XML Author 12's streamlined user interface contrasts to the structured user interface in a FULL FrameMaker 12 license. Since FM XML AUTHOR 12 costs 40% the price of FULL FrameMaker, there are fewer commands and the functionality is more focuses. This introductory video makes the key differences between the two products clear.

See how FrameMaker 12 lets you customize the user interface to fit your device, desktop or laptop screen, with a wide choice of darkness, lightness, grey scale or color. You can swiftly choose icons that are more evident and readable to meet your needs.

FrameMaker 12 adds two powerful new ways to open and close files. The open files pod enables you to close (with or without saving) multiple files in one action via "check box" choices. You can also select file icons (XML or *.fm) and drag the files onto a menu bar to open the files in FrameMaker 12. You no longer have to resize doc windows to open up FrameMaker "desktop" areas for drag n' drop actions.

FrameMaker 12 adds two powerful new ways to open and close files. The open files pod enables you to close (with or without saving) multiple files in one action via "check box" choices. You can also select file icons (XML or *.fm) and drag the files onto a menu bar to open the files in FrameMaker 12. You no longer have to resize doc windows to open up FrameMaker "desktop" areas for drag n' drop actions.

Increase engagement with your app by displaying an Information Screen at any point when customers are consuming content. Information Screen functionality displays content at any time during the app experience to encourage readers to create an account, download a companion app, access help content or view other customized offers via Web view. Display HTML content consistent with your app’s look-and-feel that prompts a user to take action, and include this HTML content within the Information Screen.
And streamline the process of sending text notifications to keep consumers on iOS engaged with your app and brand. Use new scheduling capabilities to set up notifications in advance, and push them out on a specific date for maximum impact on your audience. Additionally, gain additional insight into how you’re engaging customers with notifications through new functionality allowing review of sent notifications.

Templates in FrameMaker 12 have been optimized to achieve best initial results when publishing either to traditional PDF, or new HTML5 responsive layout, as well as other on-line formats. With no plug-ins or SW assistance, FrameMaker 12 can now swiftly publish to exciting online formats. Discover how the sample content in FrameMaker templates have been predefined with logical conditional text tags to enable swift multi-version publishing in our new multi-channel environment.

FrameMaker 12 has new templates which provide much more document structure than earlier versions. This brief video explores the intelligence planted in paragraph styles, table styles, and the combination of object styles and graphics on the Reference Page, which allow you to instantly update all of your sample "UI" buttons. New templates in FrameMaker 12 get you up and running much more quickly in your exploration of regular/unstructured projects.

FrameMaker 12 includes a dozen completely new templates. You will notice that these files not only have a fresh look-and-feel, but they are populated with English sample text, markers, cross-references and other useful features. As this demonstration illustrates, the ideal way to explore these templates is with the pods in your workspace to view conditional text, markers and more.

FrameMaker 12 has radically redesigned the Conditional Tags pod, make it much easier to use and understand. Selection and deselection of conditions (which exclude or include content) is much more visually obvious than in previous releases. This video walks you through the entire process of creating sophisticated “expressions” that will determine which combinations of conditional content can be visible.

FrameMaker 12 is a full, multi-channel publishing tool that now goes beyond PDF and print. Watch how a few simple choices with the new Publish command enable you to swiftly output your FrameMaker project to ePub, Kindle, Microsoft HTML Help, Responsive HTML or WebHelp.

Get a closer look at Adobe Social during this hands-on product overview. Review core capabilities and new functionality, and learn about how to best leverage Adobe Social to engage customers, amplify reach, and demonstrate social marketing ROI.

Streamline the production process and improve collaboration with new Copy Folio functionality. Copy an entire folio to your account using one-click access from the Folio Producer Service, eliminating the need to copy and rebuild a folio article-by-article. Insert content, including editorial and advertising, from content contributors and agencies more easily with the streamlined Copy Folio workflow. In addition, automate folio copying with access to the Copy Folio API.

FrameMaker goes beyond Word in extending your style control over graphic object styles. As with paragraphs, character tags and tables, FrameMaker provides a catalog for object styles, which can enable you to globally update the position or appearance of named anchored frames and graphics. This functionality empowers you to achieve consistency with graphic formatting just as you have always done with text formatting.

How to use Adobe Social App Builder functionality to create Facebook apps that call your community into action. Watch Jeff Jordan show how easy it is to create a sweepstakes app from the built-in templates.

Technical Communication Suite 4 tightly integrates FrameMaker 11 functionality with RoboHelp 10. See how all applications, including Captivate 6, work together seamlessly to expand techcomm even further.

Enjoy 10 short demos that showcase Adobe's Web Experience Management solution, part of the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform. This quick introduction will equip you with a broad overview of functionality, technology, and integration points to other Adobe products including Adobe Creative Suite and Online Marketing Suite.

Allow users to create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) records in a database. Use the Flash Builder data management wizard to map CRUD functionality to the appropriate service calls for working with a database.

Michael Chaize shows off the integrative functionality of LiveCycle Collaboration Service, streaming video and photos in real-time between applications on PC and tablet devices. The Samsung Galaxy Tab and Blackberry PlayBook are featured.

In this episode of the Flex in a Week training series, you will learn how to pass data with a dispatched event by extending the Event class. You will learn why extending the Event class is necessary to avoid direct binding of data between components and how to clone the subclass to take advantage of the built-in event propagation functionality in Flex.

Scott Fegette explores the new Live View and CSS3 Media Queries features in Dreamweaver CS5.5 that enables web designers and developers to quickly create and test custom web experiences across mobile devices.

Learn how to easily remove unwanted areas from an image using the latest content-aware fill functionality in Photoshop CS5. Find out how to natively import .PSD files in FrameMaker to include rich imagery in technical documentation.

Allow users to create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) records in a database. Use the Flash Builder data management wizard to map CRUD functionality to the appropriate service calls for working with a database.

In this session you learn:
Your options for creating highly interactive Web sites;
What Comet is and how it updates Web pages as they are being viewed;
How to add Comet functionality to your Web site with minimum pain.

During the session the functionality of the Flex Builder 3 Profiler will be explored through both background lecture, and most importantly various Flex Builder projects tuned to highlight key features of the Profiler.